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Chael SonnenChael Sonnen

Nutrition science in athletics is mostly a scam to sell books

I don't know how much nutrition has to really do with anything. I think most of the guys that preach the book of nutrition are looking to do just that, sell books. I'm not sure that there's any validity that you can't eat fats or saturated or carbohydrates. ... There's really no proof that bananas and nuts are any better for you than Big Macs and fries. If you can make the weight, you can make the weight.

Modern sports science heavily disputes that processed fast food provides the same performance and recovery benefits as whole foods, regardless of weight management.

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Dec 7, 2016
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryce Harper will eventually sign with the New York Yankees

Bryce Harper is going to look great in pinstripes. ... If you look back over the course of history, this is the biggest prediction that everybody will get right.

Harper signed a career-long 13-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2019 and never played for the Yankees.
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Dec 7, 2016
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HankHank

The Red Sox championship window is currently two to three years

Yeah, it's like two or three years. ... Luckily, their third best pitcher [Rick Porcello] just won the Cy Young.

The Red Sox won the World Series in 2018, which was exactly within the two-year window predicted.
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Dec 7, 2016
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Big CatBig Cat

Complaints about there being too many college football bowl games are invalid

Shut the fuck up, people who complain about too many bowls. Oh, there's too much football. Free football is always good. If there's something, oh my God, I don't want to have another game I can bet on on a Tuesday afternoon when I don't want to talk to my family over the holiday season. Shut up.

This is a subjective opinion about the volume of sports content.

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Chael SonnenChael Sonnen

Entrance music doesn't actually help athletes; it just entertains the crowd

No, I don't think [entrance music matters]. I mean, I don't know that it helps anybody, but the crowd seems to enjoy it. ... Music's a lot of fun, man. Music's a lot of fun, but I don't know that it helps the athlete.

Psychological impact of music is inherently subjective and varies by athlete.
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Chael SonnenChael Sonnen

Boxing is a sport that almost nobody actually participates in

Mayweather's very good at what he does, but he is in a sport that nobody participates in. ... I never met a man that boxed. I could go a step further. I don't know where a boxing gym is. ... I couldn't tell you where to go to buy boxing gloves. And now that I just said it, you guys and all your listeners are going, yeah, he's right. Nobody boxes.

While participation rates in boxing are lower than in some other major sports, millions of people still participate in boxing globally for recreation or competition.
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Chael SonnenChael Sonnen

I recommend testosterone and growth hormone as the best starting performance-enhancing drugs

If you were to use, I would say use testosterone for a couple of reasons. One, it's very effective, but two, it's also very affordable. ... I'll go with testosterone and growth hormone as a second.

This is a medical recommendation from a non-doctor with significant personal experience; it's medically subjective but effectively 'accurate' advice for someone seeking those specific outcomes.

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